Nathan Barr is composing the original score for the new OWN original series Greenleaf. The show is created by Craig Wright (Tyrant, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Dirty Sexy Money) and stars Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Tye White, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Deborah Joy Winans and Oprah Winfrey. The drama is set against the backdrop of a sprawling Memphis megachurch and follows an estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister. Wright and Winfrey are also executive producing the Lionsgate and Clement Virgo (The Book of Negroes) who also directed the pilot episode. Bebe Winans serves as the project’s executive music producer. The series’ main titles song is a a rerecording of Satan, We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down by Pastor Shirley Caesar. Greenleaf will premiere on June 21, 2016 on OWN. Visit the official show website for updates.
Barr also continues to score FX’s The Americans, which will return for a fifth season next year.
